Why crypto-only changes what a GPU cloud can be
Most GPU clouds take cards, which means a payment processor, chargebacks, fraud scoring and — increasingly — identity checks before you can deploy anything. Settling in crypto removes that whole layer: the deposit is final, there is no card data to protect and no reason to collect a name or an address. It is why PowerGPU can run with an email and a password only, keep no IP addresses, and still price every GPU 30% under the market median: card fraud and KYC tooling are costs the other providers pass on to you.
Which coin to use
| Coin | Network | Credited after | Typical fee | Pick it when |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USDT | TRC-20 (TRON) | seconds | < $1 | Everyday top-ups; the fastest and cheapest path |
| USDT | ERC-20 (Ethereum) | ~1–3 min | $1–5 | Your funds already sit on Ethereum; browser wallets (EIP-6963) supported |
| Monero | XMR | ~2–20 min | cents | Privacy is the point: amounts and parties hidden on-chain |
| Solana / TRON | SOL, TRX | seconds | cents | Fast native-coin payments without a stablecoin |
| Bitcoin / Litecoin | BTC, LTC | ~10–30 min | varies | You hold BTC/LTC and are not in a hurry |
| Ethereum | ETH | ~1–3 min | $1–5 | Native ETH, wallet deep links (EIP-681) supported |
Whatever you send, the balance is kept in USD: usage draws it down per second at the fixed sheet prices, so a top-up made in Monero buys exactly the same GPU-hours as one made in USDT.
From wallet to running GPU in five minutes
- Create the account — email + password in the console. No verification email is even sent; the address is only used for password resets and ticket replies.
- Top up — Billing → choose an amount ($30 minimum) and a coin. You get a unique address and a QR code; send the exact amount. Underpaid? The page shows the remainder. Overpaid? The excess is credited.
- Wait for confirmation — seconds on TRON/Solana, minutes on Ethereum, longer on Bitcoin. The page polls itself; credits appear the moment the network confirms.
- Deploy — pick a GPU (an RTX 4090 is $0.262/hr, an H100 SXM $1.587/hr), a template, deploy. Running in about 30 seconds.
- Stop when done — billing ends that second. Credits never expire; unused balances are refundable in the original coin on request, minus network fees.
$ powergpu whoami
# account ok · balance $41.22 · 0 instances running
$ powergpu launch --gpu rtx-4090 --template ollama
# ✓ instance i-52ab77c1 running (24.1s) · $0.262/hrWhat is stored, what is not
| Kept | Never collected |
|---|---|
| Email address (for resets and ticket replies) | Name, postal address, phone, ID documents |
| Argon2id password hash | Card numbers or bank details — there are none |
| USD balance and a per-second usage ledger | IP addresses — not in logs, not in the database |
| Instance metadata (model, region, timestamps) and support tickets | Third-party trackers, analytics scripts, ad pixels |
| Deposit references (tx hash, coin, amount) for your own receipts | Snapshots of your disks taken on our initiative |
The privacy policy fits on one screen because the data does; the security page lists the isolation and encryption behind it. Instance disks are encrypted with per-instance keys, and destroy means the key is discarded — cryptographic erasure.
The honest limits
- No KYC is not no rules. The acceptable use policy bans attacks, illegal content, spam infrastructure and mining. Privacy-first hosting is not anything-goes hosting.
- Crypto is final. Send to the right network — USDT on the wrong chain is recoverable only with a ticket and a tx hash, and not always.
- New accounts have modest quotas (instances, GPUs, top-ups per hour) that raise automatically with history — see limits.
- Enterprise is crypto too. Fleets and clusters settle the same way, with scheduled instalments and per-team sub-accounts — details.
Put the numbers to work
Every price in this guide is our live rate — fixed, ≥30% under the market median, billed per second. Deploy the exact setup above from the console in about 30 seconds, paid in crypto, no card and no KYC.
